---
id: CVE-2026-12396
title: >-
  The WP Job Portal  WordPress plugin before 2.5.5 does not perform capability
  or ownership checks before allowing job moderation actions, allowing
  authenticated users with a subscriber-level (self-registerable) account to
  approve, feature…
summary: >-
  The WP Job Portal  WordPress plugin before 2.5.5 does not perform capability
  or ownership checks before allowing job moderation actions, allowing
  authenticated users with a subscriber-level (self-registerable) account to
  approve, feature…
severity: none
published: '2026-07-13'
updated: '2026-07-13'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12396'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/13d574ea-84fe-421b-b1e4-23f94e2000d7/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-07-13T07:25:22.814Z'
epss: 0.00287
epssPercentile: 0.18953
---

## Overview

The WP Job Portal  WordPress plugin before 2.5.5 does not perform capability or ownership checks before allowing job moderation actions, allowing authenticated users with a subscriber-level (self-registerable) account to approve, feature, or reject arbitrary jobs, including those owned by other users.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.